High School and Middle School players in the Portland metropolitan area should check out the Portland Area League tournament, which runs from November to February with matches played at 4 PM on Wednesdays when Lincoln High School is open. In 2011-2012, the League had 24 teams and played 13 rounds. The league has been operating...
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Archive for August, 2012
Portland Area League (Team Chess)
Oregon Scholastic Chess on OPB!
Those of you who attended the 2012 OSCF State Tournament in Seaside may recall the two U of O students who were video taping, photographing, and interviewing our chess players during the weekend. Bonnie Harris, one of those students, reports that the final result of their work, the documentary “The Gymnasium of the Mind,”...
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U.S. Open Final Results
The U.S. Open came to a spectacular close on Sunday evening, August 12, in Vancouver. Congratulations to all of our Oregon Scholastic players, who netted plenty of additional USCF rating points to bring back to our dual-rated scholastic events! Results of particular note include a fantastic 6.5 points from incoming Junior Yogi Saputra, who...
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Oregon Scholastic Chess at the US Open
Twenty-four scholastic chess players from Oregon are playing in the 113th U.S. Open, taking place in Vancouver, WA, this week. After the seventh round, which took place Thursday evening, our players are all doing well — and some spectacularly well — at this extremely high-level tournament. Detailed standings can be found at the link...
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Hot Chess in Vancouver (Updated)
On August 4th — the hottest day in three years — many of Oregon’s most dedicated chess players gathered in Vancouver, WA, to begin play at the 113th Annual U.S. Open chess tournament. The vitality of the Northwest’s chess community was demonstrated by the U.S. Open Scholastic Tournament, which had 104 players registered —...
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